Nicole Burks resides the American Dream. She began make cheesecakes out of her residence along with her previous couple of {dollars}. Ultimately, Burks moved her means as much as a meals truck, which she ran for over a 12 months.

In the present day, she’s received a brick-and-mortar retailer, Large Nita’s Cheesecakes, in Louisville, Kentucky, and also you would not consider what sort of candy treats Burks can dream up: Oreo Chunk Fudge Cheesecake, Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cheesecake, Pecan Pie Stuffed Cheesecake and her well-known Banana Pudding Cheesecake.

Podcast host Mandy Detwiler talked to Burks about her begin as a meals truck proprietor and what it took to open her first retailer.